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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]: Arch \Arch\, n. [See {Arch-}, pref.] A chief. [Obs.] [1913 Webster] My worthy arch and patron comes to-night. --Shak. [1913 Webster] From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]: -arch \-arch\ [Gr. 'archo`s chief, commander, 'a`rchein to rule. See {Arch}, a.] A suffix meaning a ruler, as in monarch (a sole ruler). [1913 Webster] From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]: Arch \Arch\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Arched} ([aum]rcht); p. pr. & vb. n. {Arching}.] 1. To cover with an arch or arches. [1913 Webster] 2. To form or bend into the shape of an arch. [1913 Webster] The horse arched his neck. --Charlesworth. [1913 Webster] From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]: Arch \Arch\, v. i. To form into an arch; to curve. [1913 Webster] From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]: Arch \Arch\ ([aum]rch), n. [F. arche, fr. LL. arca, for arcus. See {Arc}.] 1. (Geom.) Any part of a curved line. [1913 Webster] 2. (Arch.) (a) Usually a curved member made up of separate wedge-shaped solids, with the joints between them disposed in the direction of the radii of the curve; used to support the wall or other weight above an opening. In this sense arches are segmental, round (i. e., semicircular), or pointed. (b) A flat arch is a member constructed of stones cut into wedges or other shapes so as to support each other without rising in a curve. [1913 Webster] Note: Scientifically considered, the arch is a means of spanning an opening by resolving vertical pressure into horizontal or diagonal thrust. [1913 Webster] 3. Any place covered by an arch; an archway; as, to pass into the arch of a bridge. [1913 Webster] 4. Any curvature in the form of an arch; as, the arch of the aorta. "Colors of the showery arch." --Milton. [1913 Webster] {Triumphal arch}, a monumental structure resembling an arched gateway, with one or more passages, erected to commemorate a triumph. [1913 Webster] From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]: Arch- \Arch-\ ([aum]rch-, except in archangel and one or two other words). [L. arch-, Gr. 'arch- = 'archi-. See {Arch-}.] A prefix signifying chief, as in archbuilder, archfiend. [1913 Webster] From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]: Arch \Arch\ ([aum]rch), a. [See {Arch-}, pref.] 1. Chief; eminent; greatest; principal. [1913 Webster] The most arch act of piteous massacre. --Shak. [1913 Webster] 2. Cunning or sly; sportively mischievous; roguish; as, an arch look, word, lad. [1913 Webster] [He] spoke his request with so arch a leer. --Tatler. [1913 Webster] From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: arch adj 1: (used of behavior or attitude) characteristic of those who treat others with condescension [syn: {arch}, {condescending}, {patronizing}, {patronising}] 2: expert in skulduggery; "an arch criminal" 3: naughtily or annoyingly playful; "teasing and worrying with impish laughter"; "a wicked prank" [syn: {arch}, {impish}, {implike}, {mischievous}, {pixilated}, {prankish}, {puckish}, {wicked}] n 1: a curved shape in the vertical plane that spans an opening 2: a curved bony structure supporting or enclosing organs (especially the inner sides of the feet) 3: a passageway under a curved masonry construction; "they built a triumphal arch to memorialize their victory" [syn: {arch}, {archway}] 4: (architecture) a masonry construction (usually curved) for spanning an opening and supporting the weight above it v 1: form an arch or curve; "her back arches"; "her hips curve nicely" [syn: {arch}, {curve}, {arc}]